Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Under normal circumstances, an aggressor is entitled to claim self-defense.
2. Under Florida’s Castle Doctrine, a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is in a place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and may use deadly force if necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm.
3. The alter ego rule applies an objective test of reasonableness to an act carried out in defense of another person.
4. Under the English rule for resistance to an unlawful arrest, an individual may resist an unlawful arrest by using reasonable force.
5. If a defendant is found incompetent to stand trial, this means that the defendant is also not guilty by reason of insanity.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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